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Walking Panda Bear at the Chiang Mai Zoo

Damon — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:22:01 +0000

Panda bears seem to be the least aggressive of all of the bear species to me. Polar bear attack? Heard of it. Grizzly Bear? Definitely. Even the Malay Sun Bear seems like it could be aggressive towards humans. But I haven’t heard of any stories (of a wild panda at least) attacking humans.

This photo was taken at the Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand a few years ago. Believe it or not, the Thai TV stations even have a channel dedicated to the Panda Bears housed at the zoo (the pandas apparently like sleeping a great deal!).

Father saves daughter from zoo bear attack (gadling.com)

Panda Bear Photo: Chiang Mai Zoo

Damon — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:49:46 +0000

Polar Bear Sticking Tongue Out: San Francisco Zoo

Damon — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:28:28 +0000

This is a picture of a Polar Bear sticking his tongue out (not at me, I hope!) from the San Francisco Zoo a little bit ago. A couple of things about this picture stand out to me:

1. The color of the Polar Bear’s tongue is kind of mottled.

2. The skin of the Polar Bear is actually not quite as white as I would have expected. While I assume this to be an issue of the living conditions in a zoo, I think many people think the fur is going to be as white as snow.

Zoo euthanizes polar bear (sfgate.com)

Panda Bear:Chiang Mai Zoo

damonbillian — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:05:56 +0000

Originally uploaded by dbillian

The panda bears at the Chiang Mai Zoo recently gave a rare birth, if memory serves me correctly.

The Chiang Mai Zoo was much better than the zoo located outside of Bangkok. To give you an idea as to how bad the zoo is in Bangkok, the polar bear exhibit was all outside; the poor polar bear was roasting to death in the tropical heat.

Panda Bear: Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand

damonbillian — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:38:27 +0000

Panda Bear